US2011351A - Hair clipper attachment - Google Patents

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. Aug. 13,1935. WQYAN EY HAL 2,011,351

HAIR CLIPPER ATTACHMENT Filed Jan. 24, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTORS. YSZILL IA M C). YAHGEY AUX RNEYS.

Patented Aug. 13, 1935 7 w NiTED sT Ts 'HAIR, CLIPPER ATTACHMENT William O. Yancey and Virgil L. Yancey,

' San Francisco, Calif.

Application January 24, 1934, Serial No. 708,158

2 Claims. (01. 30-4 This invention relates'to improvements in hair length of hair can be left upon the head, that clippers and has particular reference to a comb is, without tipping the clippers upon their heel, arrangement for attachment to the customary which is virtually impossible to accomplish when hair clipper usedby barbers. it is considered that the hand is moving over a A further object is to produce a device which rounded contour. Applicants have, therefore, de- 5 is light weight and, therefore, one which will vised an attachmentv which may be secured to not upset the balance of the usual clipper and any clipper, which attachment will permit the a device which will remain fixed irrespective of employment of the clipper for cutting the hair r oFFicE Y vibration. at anypoint upon the head and without leavgio Another object is toproduce a device which ing objectionable clipper marks. a will not become entangled with the hair and Applicants employ an ordinary clipper deswill be smooth when brought against the scalp. ignated as a whole by the numeral 5, having a An additional object is to produce a device reciprocating cutter 6 and a home plate 7. The

which is neat in appearance. construction thus far is common to. all clippers Q; A further object is to produce a device which and forms no part of our invention. 5 is economical to manufacture and one which may Our invention includes a wire clip 8 having an be sold at a reasonable price to the average offset 9 spaced from the back of the clipper body barber. and adapted to be engaged by the hooked end A further object is to produce a device where- H of a sliding retainer I2. This retainer is 25) in the length of out given the hair may be readmounted upon a finger piece l3 and is held in ily changed in cutting different parts of the hair sliding contact therewith by a pin M which also on the head. retains a spring it. Notches I'l formed on the A still further object is to enable the barber finger piece also engage the onset portion 9 of to out hair with a clipper in such a manner that the wire 3. This finger piece has a nose I8, I the usual marks left by the clipper will be enwhich is adapted to. engage notches l9, 2| and tirely eliminated. 22 of a comb arrangement 23. This comb ar- Other objects and advantages will be apparent rangement is provided with teeth 24 adapted to during the course of the following description. overlie the teeth of the home plate and the slid- .In the accompanying drawings forming a part ing cutter 6. This comb is, therefore, slidable of this specification and in which like numerals on the home plate and held in adjusted position 30 are employed to designate like parts throughout by the finger piece I3 which will be later dethe same, scribed. A lever 26 is attached to the comb and Fig. l is a side elevation of our device, lies parallel with the side of the clipper (see Figs. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of Fig. 1, 1 and 8). This lever extends through the comb Fig. 3 is afragrnentary side elevation, aportion and has a crank 2'! formed within its length. thereof being shown in cross section, and show- The crank is so positionedthat it may be caused ing the comb in central position, to move against the back of the home plate for Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing the the purpose of separating the home plate from comb in advanced position, the comb. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the comb re- Referring now'to Fig. 1, it will be noted that 40 taining clip, the finger piece is 50 arranged that its nose is Fig. 6 is a cross section taken on the line 6-6 in the slot I9. Therefore, the comb is back of of Fig. 4, the teeth of the home plate and consequently a Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the retainer, very close fit between the parts exists. If the Fig. 8 is a rear elevation of the comb, and barber now uses the device, the teeth of the home 4,

Fig. 9 is a front elevation of the comb and plate and the clipper may be brought very close shown partly in cross section. to the head and the resulting hair cut will be Barbers, in cutting hair, ordinarily employ a termed short. If the comb is now moved by presspair of clippers, either hand or electric, for the ing upon the finger piece l3 so that the nose initial trimming. Afterwards they usually emengages the slot 2i, then the parts will be in 50 ploy a comb and scissois with which the final the full line position of Fig. 3. The moving for-- cut of the hair is accomplished, the reason beward of the comb will cause a slight space at the ing that the ordinary clipper leaves marks, for point A, that is, between the teeth of the comb the reason that it has but a single adjustment and the teeth of the home plate. Thus the hair and when held against the head only a certain cut will be somewhat longer than that in Fig, 1.

Now if it is desiredto make further adjustment the user may press the thumb against the lever 26 so as to press the lever in the direction of the arrow of Fig. 3, and thus move the parts from the full line position to the dotted line position. It will be apparent that the space at the point A is thus considerably increased and when it is I [considered that this increase is gradually accomplished by the movement of the'thumb it will be apparent that agradual tapering of the hair I length is accomplished. In Fig. 4 we have illustrated the tip of the finger piece as engaging the slot 22, thus moving the comb a considerable; distance along the surface of the home plate and thus increasing the space at the point A which space can again be gradually increased by the manipulation of the lever. i 7

It will be noted that when the tip of the finger piece engages the slot l9 or in other words when the comb is in retracted position and the teeth thereof in back of the home 'plate te'eth, the device ,Will readily serve as'a clipper j remove the line. a

Itjwill, therefore, be apparent that any desired V and will positively adjustment may be accomplished through the employment of; our device, thus'eliminating the necessity of. employing several clippers as is now often donel' r V It, is; tolbe understood that the formof our device herewith shown and described is to be and said home plate.

taken as a preferred eirample of the sameand that various changes relative to the material,

home plate, said means including a lever and a crank, 'saidcrank being spaced between the comb and said home plate whereby movement of said levercauses a camming action between said comb 2. In combination with a clipper having a body "portion, a reciprocating cutter and a home plate,

a'comb slidable on said home plate, said comb 7 having a plurality of grooves formed therein, a

finger piece adapted to engage oneof said grooves,

and manually operated means adapted to move said comb away from said home plate at a point remote from'the engagement of said finger piece with said groove in said comb.

WILLIAM O. YANCEY. VIRGIL L. YANCEY.

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